# SkyWater Technology adds third clean room with $170M Defense grant

SkyWater Technology is adding a third clean room to its Bloomington, Minnesota, semiconductor factory, funded by a $170 million Department of Defense grant. Construction has started, and the expansion will enable smaller chips and radiation-hardened chips for space, adding 30-50 jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-10-21
- Where: Bloomington, Minnesota, United States
- Value: $170.0M
- Jobs: 50
- Status: under construction
- Products: semiconductors, radiation-hardened chips, copper interconnect chips
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [SkyWater Technology](https://endata.com/companies/42779.md)

## Sources

- [startribune.com](https://www.startribune.com/skywater-minnesota-s-biggest-chip-plant-is-getting-even-bigger-with-a-third-clean-room/563565242), 2019-10-21: "It's exciting to be putting shovels in the ground."
- [techxplore.com](https://techxplore.com/news/2019-10-minnesota-biggest-semiconductor-chip-bigger.html), 2019-10-22: "It's exciting to be putting shovels in the ground."

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